Evangelicals and Catholics Together

A Statement on Public Officials and Public Office

Public life should be ordered by the great moral truths found in the Scriptures, in our civil traditions, as well as in reasonable thought. Continue Reading »

8 Sep 2020

The Gift of Children

by Evangelicals and Catholics Together

Children are gifts. In them, we respond to Moses’s urgent imperative: Choose life! (Deut. 30:19) Men and women have always brought children into the world. To be a parent is the most natural of things. It is fundamental to what it means to be human. Yet the birth of a child is also an . . . . Continue Reading »

1 Nov 2019

The Christian Way

by Evangelicals and Catholics Together

Christians freely obey Jesus Christ, the incarnate Son of God. “Come,” he beckons, “follow me.” Being a Christian requires more than intellectual or moral agreement with Christian teachings. Christ asks for our love and loyalty. Following him requires conversion, which leads to membership in . . . . Continue Reading »

1 Dec 2017

Ecumenism, Influence-envy, Etc.

by George Weigel

A recent National Catholic Reporter editorial railed against the group “Evangelicals and Catholics Together,” claiming it is detrimental to American public life. Continue Reading »

9 Aug 2017

Remembering Thomas Oden

by Joel Elowsky

Tom saw as his primary task the discernment of how the Holy Spirit was leading the church and how, in his role as a pastor and academic, he might fit into the Spirit’s leading. Continue Reading »

13 Dec 2016

Packer at Ninety

by Timothy George

Packer recognized that the deep division that had separated Protestants and Catholics since the time of the Reformation had changed in a significant way. The most important fault line today, he argued, was between “conservationists,” who honor the Christ of the Bible and of the historic creeds and confessions, on the one hand, and the theological liberals and radicals who do not, on the other. Continue Reading »

17 Oct 2016

Richard John Neuhaus and the Church of Christ

by Thomas G. Guarino

Recently, I came across an essay by Professor Cathleen Kaveny, published in Commonweal magazine, criticizing Fr. Richard John Neuhaus for sowing division among members of the Body of Christ. Her charge is that—for political reasons—Neuhaus was more interested in forging alliances with . . . . Continue Reading »

5 Feb 2016

ECT at Twenty

by Timothy George

From the introduction to Evangelicals and Catholics Together at Twenty: Vital Statements on Contested Topics (Brazos, 2015), edited by Timothy George and Thomas G. Guarino, with foreword by George Weigel, and prefaces by Timothy Cardinal Dolan and J.I Packer. This volume contains the nine public . . . . Continue Reading »

16 Nov 2015

A Tale of Two Ecumenisms

by Carl R. Trueman

Over twenty years on, the practical impact of the Evangelicals and Catholics Together is not hard to discern. Positively, it was part of a larger collaboration that gave us the Ancient Christian Commentary on Scripture and other related volumes. It also helped to foster the culture which surrounds First Things, perhaps the most articulate organ for the expression of conservative religious voices in the current cultural climate. Negatively, it shattered friendships and bred suspicion. Most notably, it served to rupture the relationship between J. I. Packer and leading Calvinistic evangelicals such as John MacArthur and R. C. Sproul. Continue Reading »

16 Mar 2015

ECT at Twenty: A Joint Witness to the Gospel